Giuseppe Saragat

Giuseppe Saragat (19 September 1898-11 June 1988) was President of Italy from 29 December 1964 to 29 December 1971, succeeding Antonio Segni and preceding Giovanni Leone. He was a member of the Italian Democratic Socialist Party.

Biography
Giuseppe Saragat was born in Turin, Piedmont, Italy in 1898, and he joined the Unitary Socialist Party in 1922. He moved to Vienna, Austria in 1926 and to France in 1929, joining the underground Italian Socialist Party a year later. In 1947, he left the PSI out of concern towards its alliance with the Italian Communist Party, as he was a reformist democratic socialist; he founded the Italian Democratic Socialist Party. He served as President of the Constituent Assembly of Italy from 1945 to 1946, as Foreign Minister from 1963 to 1964, and as President of Italy from 1964 to 1971. His presidency was a rare example of unity among the Italian left, and he served as president for seven years. He died in 1988.